List of bastion forts explained
This is a list of bastion forts.
Angola
Antigua and Barbuda
Bahrain
Belarus
Benin
Brazil
- Fort Orange (Fortaleza de Santa Cruz), Ilha de Itamaracá, State of Pernambuco
- Forte de Tiago das Cinco Pontas, Recife, State of Pernambuco
- Forte de São João Batista do Brum, Recife, State of Pernambuco
- Fortaleza de São José de Macapá, Macapá, Amapá
- Forte do Presépio, Belém, Pará
- Forte Príncipe da Beira, in Costa Marques, Rondônia
- Fortaleza de Nossa Senhora da Assunção, Fortaleza, Ceará (only two bastions remain)
- Forte de Nossa Senhora dos Remédios, Fernando de Noronha, State of Pernambuco
- Fortaleza dos Reis Magos, Natal, Rio Grande do Norte
- Forte de Santa Catarina, Cabedelo, Paraíba
- Forte de Santo Inácio de Tamandaré, Tamandaré, State of Pernambuco
- Forte do Barbalho, Salvador, Bahia
- Forte de São Lourenço, Itaparica, Bahia
- Fortaleza de São João da Barra do Rio de Janeiro, Urca, Rio de Janeiro
- Forte de São Luís, Niterói, Rio de Janeiro
- Fortaleza de Santa Cruz da Barra, Niterói, Rio de Janeiro
- Forte Novo de Coimbra, Corumbá, Mato Grosso do Sul
- Fortaleza de Santa Cruz de Anhatomirim, Governador Celso Ramos, Santa Catarina
- Fortaleza de Santo Antônio de Ratones, Florianópolis, Santa Catarina
- Fortaleza de São José da Ponta Grossa, Florianópolis, Santa Catarina
Canada
- Fort Anne, in Annapolis Royal, Nova Scotia
- Fort Beauséjour, in Aulac, New Brunswick
- Citadel of Quebec, in Quebec City, Quebec
- Fort George, Citadel Hill, in Halifax, Nova Scotia[1]
- Fort George, in Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario[2]
- Fort Mississauga, in Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario
- Fort Plaisance, Placentia, Newfoundland
- Fort Royal, Placentia, Newfoundland
- Fort Saint Louis, Placentia, Newfoundland
- Fort William, St. John's, Newfoundland
- Prince of Wales Fort, Churchill, Manitoba[3]
Cabo Verde
China
Macau
Croatia
Cuba
Cyprus
Czech Republic
- Olomouc – in the 19th century most bastions were dismantled and the town was fortified by a system of outer forts, most of which are preserved
- Fortress Josefov – almost completely preserved, now part of Jaroměř
- Terezín – almost completely preserved
- Hradec Králové – dismantled in 1884, only small fractions of the fortifications are preserved
- Jablunkovské šance in Mosty u Jablunkova
- Hrad Špilberk, Brno, bastions of the city itself were dismantled
- Vyšehrad, Prague, large parts of bastions of the city in the north and west are also preserved
Denmark
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Estonia
Finland
France
- Bayonne, Aquitaine
- Belfort, Franche-Comté
- Blaye, Aquitaine
- Citadel of Arras, Pas-de-Calais
- Citadel of Montreuil-sur-Mer, Pas-de-Calais
- Citadel of Lille, Nord
- Fort Barraux, Isère
- Fort de La Prée, Ile de Ré
- Fort de Bellegarde, Le Perthus
- Fort of Mont Alban, Nice
- Fort Carré, Antibes, French riviera
- Fort Legarde, Prats-de-Mollo-la-Preste, Pyrénées-Orientales
- Neuf-Brisach, Haut Rhin
- Le Château-d'Oléron, Charente-Maritime
- Perpignan, Languedoc-Roussillon
- Place forte of Mont-Dauphin, Haute-Alpes
- Citadel of St Jean Pied de Port, Aquitaine
- Saint-Martin-de-Ré, Poitou-Charentes
- Bergues, Nord
- Le Quesnoy, Nord
- Maubeuge, Nord
- Rocroi, Ardennes
- Toul, Lorraine
- Gravelines, Nord
- Fort de French: Sainte-Adresse, Le Havre, Seine-Maritime
- Fort de Tourneville, Le Havre, Seine-Maritime
- Saint-Malo, Ille-et-Vilaine, Brittany
- Fort d'Alet, Saint-Servan, Ille-et-Vilaine, Brittany
- Navarrenx, Pyrénées-Atlantiques
- Citadelle de Besançon
- Fort de Bregille, Besançon
- Fort de Chaudanne, Besançon
- Fort Griffon, Besançon
- Fort de La Hougue, Saint-Vaast-la-Hougue, Manche
- Fort de Tatihou, Ile de Tatihou
- Citadelle d'Entrevaux, Entrevaux, Alpes-de-Haute-Provence
- Longwy, Meurthe-et-Moselle
Ghana
Germany
Guinea-Bissau
Hungary
India
Goa
Indonesia
- Batavia Castle, Jakarta
- Fort Rotterdam, Makassar
- Fort Victoria, Ambon
- Fort Amsterdam, Ambon
- Fort Nassau, Banda Islands
- Fort Belgica, Banda Islands
- Fort Revenge, Banda Islands
- Fort Hollandia, Banda Islands
- Fort Oranje, Ternate
- Fort Marlborough, Bengkulu
- Fort Vastenburg, Surakarta
Israel
Italy
- Capua, Capua, Lazio
- Castello Angioino, Mola di Bari
- Castello di Acaya, Acaya, Lecce, Apulia
- Castello di Carlo V, Crotone, Calabria
- Castello di Copertino, Copertino, Apulia
- Castello di Lecce, Lecce, Apulia
- Castello Normanno-Svevo di Bari, Bari, Apulia
- Castello Svevo di Barletta, Barletta, Apulia
- Citadel of Alessandria, Alessandria, Piedmont
- Citadel of Ancona, Ancona
- Città di Castello, Umbria (bastion traces can still be seen in some parts of the city)
- Forte a Mare, Brindisi, Apulia
- Forte Diamante, Genoa, Liguria
- Forte Puin, Genoa, Liguria
- Forte San Giacomo, Vado Ligure, Liguria
- Forte Santa Tecla, Genoa, Liguria
- Fortezza Medicea, Arezzo, Tuscany
- Fortezza Nuova, Livorno
- Fortezza Vecchia, Livorno
- Grosseto, Grosseto, Tuscany
- Guastalla, Emilia-Romagna (only survives in outline, walls demolished)
- Forte Stella, Porto Ercole, Tuscany
- Fortino di Sant'Ignazio, Cagliari, Sardinia
- Fortress of Poggio Imperiale, Poggibonsi, Tuscany
- Fortress of Priamar, Savona, Liguria
- Fortress of Radicofani, Tuscany
- Fortress of Vinadio, Vinadio, Piedmont
- Livorno (Old City – traces can still seen)
- Lucca, Tuscany
- Palmanova, Palmanova, Friuli-Venezia Giulia
- Sabbioneta, Sabbioneta, Lombardy
Republic of Ireland
Japan
Latvia
Lithuania
Malaysia
Malta
Mexico
Morocco
Mozambique
Netherlands
Groningen
Friesland
Drenthe
Overijssel
Gelderland
Utrecht
North Holland
South Holland
Zeeland
North Brabant
Limburg
Norway
Philippines
Portugal
Poland
Puerto Rico
Romania
Russia
São Tomé e Príncipe
Serbia
- Belgrade Fortress, Belgrade, partially razed after the Berlin Congress of 1878 and the end of the Military Frontier. Restored several times afterwards and areas repurposed.
- Fetislam, Kladovo, Turkish bastion fort until 1867. Restored several times afterwards.
- Niš Fortress, Niš, city defensive walls razed while the bastion fort was preserved.
- Pančevo Fortress, Pančevo, razed in 1739.[6]
- Petrovaradin Fortress, Novi Sad, best preserved bastion fort town of the Military Frontier.
- Sremska Rača, Sremska Rača, razed after the Berlin Congress of 1878 and the end of the Military Frontier.
Slovakia
- Nové Zámky – only to be seen as a hexagonally shaped city centre
- Komárno – mostly preserved city fortification complex contains Komárno fortress (New and Old) and fortifications of the city as Palatine's line and Vah's line and also three forts in the area of neighbouring city Komárom (Igmand, Csillag (English: Star) and Monostor) (see Hungary)
- Leopoldov – mostly preserved, serving as state prison built like Fortress Leopoldov
- Holíč – château of the Habsburgs named Holíč Castle (Slovak: Holíčsky kaštieľ) rebuilt from a 17th-century fortress with the history going to 12th century.
South Africa
- Fort de Goede Hoop 1652–1674, demolished after permanent residence was taken up in the Castle of Good Hope.
- Castle of Good Hope 1666–current, constructed to replace the earthen Fort de Goede Hoop.
Spain
- Aldea del Obispo – Real Fuerte de la Concepción
- Badajoz
- A Coruña-Castillo de San Antón y Castillo de San Diego
- Barcelona-Castillo de Montjuïc y la Antigua Ciudadela Militar de Barcelona
- Cádiz-Castillo de San Sebastián, Castillo de Santa Catalina, Baluarte de la Candelaria, Fuerte de Puntales y Fuerte de Cortadura
- Ciudad Rodrigo
- Ferrol-Castillo de San Felipe y Castillo de de La Palma
- Figueres-Castell de Sant Ferran
- Jaca-Ciudadela de Jaca
- La Línea de la Concepción-fuertes de San Felipe, San Carlos, San Fernando, San José, Santa Mariana, San Benito, y Fuerte de Santa Bárbara
- Pamplona-Ciudadela de Pamplona
- Roses, Girona, Catalonia,-Ciudadela de Rosas
- Salamanca
- Salvaterra de Miño-Castillo de Santiago de Aytona
- Palma de Mallorca
Sri Lanka
Suriname
Sweden
Taiwan
Ukraine
United Kingdom
- Fort Amherst, Chatham
- Carisbrooke Castle, Isle of Wight
- Deal Castle, Deal, Kent
- Derry city walls
- Ebrington Barracks, Derry
- Fort George, Highland
- Berwick town walls, Berwick-upon-Tweed
- Hilsea Lines,
- Fort Monckton, Gosport
- Pendennis Castle, Falmouth
- Royal Citadel, Plymouth
- Star Castle, Isles of Scilly
- Tilbury Fort
The outlines of some other star forts from the English Civil War exist. These were often built of ditches and earthen ramparts and were redoubts built to defend weak points in older fortifications such as Fort Royal Hill, Worcester, was built to defend a hill within 17th-century artillery range of the city's medieval walls.
United States
- Castillo de San Marcos, St. Augustine, Florida
- Fort Mifflin, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- Fort Morgan, Alabama
- Fort Union Valmora, New Mexico
- Fort Jay, on Governors Island in New York Bay
- Fort Wood, on Liberty Island in New York Bay
- Fort Brewerton Oneida River, mouth of Oneida Lake Oswego New York
- Fort Ticonderoga on Lake Champlain, New York
- Fort Saint-Frédéric, Crown Point, New York
- Fort Johnston (Leesburg, Virginia)
- Fort Negley, Nashville, Tennessee
- Fort Ligonier, Ligonier, Pennsylvania
- Russian Fort Elizabeth, Waimea, Kauai County, Hawaii
- Ninety Six National Historic Site, Star Fort in Ninety Six, South Carolina
- Star Fort, formerly Fort Alabama, Winchester, Virginia
- Fort St. Andrews, was located on Cumberland Island, Georgia.
- Fort Stanwix, Rome, New York
- Fort Ontario, Oswego, New York
- Fort Jackson, Louisiana Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana
- Fort Independence (Massachusetts), on Castle Island, Boston Massachusetts
- Fort Monroe in Hampton, Virginia
- Fort Lee in Salem, Massachusetts
- Fort Zachary Taylor, Key West, FL
- Fort Jefferson, Key West, FL
- Fort McHenry, Baltimore, Maryland
- Fort Frederick, on the Potomac River near Big Pool, Maryland
- Fort Marshall, Baltimore, Maryland
- Fort Snelling, St. Paul, Minnesota
- Fort de Chartres, Illinois
- Fort Wayne (Detroit), Detroit, Michigan
Venezuela
- Castillo de San Antonio de la Eminencia, Cumana
Vietnam
- Hanoi#The Imperial Citadel of Thang Long – Hoàng Thành Thăng Long
- Ha Tay Province# Son Tay Citadel – Thành Sơn Tây
- Bac Ninh Province#Bac Ninh Citadel – Thành Bắc Ninh
- Hai Duong Province#Hai Duong Fortress – Pháo đài Hải Dương/Thành Đông
- Thanh Hoa Province#Ho Citedel – Thành nhà Hồ
- Thanh Hoa Province#Hac Thanh Citadel – Thành Hạc Thành
- Nghe An Province#Vinh Citadel – Thành Nghệ An/Vinh
- Ha Tinh Province#Tan Giang Fortress – Pháo đài Tân Giang
- Ha Tinh Province#Ky Chau Fortress – Pháo đài Kỳ Châu
- Quang Binh Province#Dong Hoi Citadel – Thành Đồng Hới
- Quang Tri Province#Quang Tri Citadel – Thành Quảng Trị
- Thua Thien Hue Province#Hue City Citadel – Thành Huế
- Thua Thien Hue Province#Imperial Citadel – Kinh thành Huế
- Da Nang#Dien Hai Citadel – Thành Điện Hải
- Quang Ngai Province#Chau Sa Citadel – Thành Châu Sa
- Binh Dinh Province#Binh Dinh Citadel – Thành Bình Định
- Binh Dinh Province#Do Ban Citadel – Thành Đồ Bàn
- Phu Yen Province#Ho Citadel – Thành Hồ
- Khanh Hoa Province# Dien Khanh Citadel – Thành Diên Khánh
- Ho Chi Minh City#Saigon – Thành Gia Định
Notes and References
- Web site: Halifax Citadel National Historic Site. Parks Canada Agency. Government of Canada. 2019-03-19. www.pc.gc.ca. 2019-05-10.
- Web site: Fort George National Historic Site. Parks Canada Agency. Government of Canada. 2019-05-02. www.pc.gc.ca. 2019-05-10.
- Web site: Prince of Wales Fort National Historic Site. 2019-06-24. www.pc.gc.ca. Parks Canada Agency. Government of Canada. 2019-08-28.
- Web site: Nyborg fortress.
- Web site: Nyborg Fortress · Slotsgade 34, 5800 Nyborg, Denmark.
- Web site: Barokni grad – tvrđava Pančevo . 27 October 2016. korzoportal.com. Serbian. 15 December 2022.
